ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,514, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Starbucks Corp. (Seattle).
"Infusing edible oil into a beverage" was invented by Howard D. Schultz (Seattle), Natarajan Venkatakrishnan (Bellevue, Wash.), Jeffrey J. Chapman (Seattle), Amy E. Dilger (North Bend, Wash.) and Leslie A. Wolford (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application generally relates to incorporating edible oil into beverage products. One example can involve adding an edible oil to a container of a beverage appliance. The beverage appliance can then be actuated. When actuated, the beverage appliance can incorporate the edible oil into a beverage or a topping assoc...